Title :
Phase-shifted Bragg grating filters in polymer waveguides
Author :
Wang, Wen C. ; Fisher, Michael ; Yacoubian, Araz ; Menders, J.
Author_Institution :
IPITEK, Carlsbad, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We fabricated a very narrow-band 0.03-nm (5-GHz) phase-shifted Bragg grating filter at 1290 nm on an LD-3 polymer ridge waveguide. The grating was post processed onto the waveguide by photobleaching using a 457-nm argon ion laser with a phase mask. We present the details of the fabrication process and a measurement of the filter spectrum with an analysis.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser materials processing; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguide filters; phase shifting masks; ridge waveguides; 1290 nm; 457 nm; Ar; argon ion laser; fabrication process; filter spectrum; narrow-band filters; phase mask; phase-shifted Bragg grating filters; photobleaching; polymer ridge waveguide; polymer waveguides; post processed; Argon; Bragg gratings; Electrooptical waveguides; Lasers and electrooptics; Narrowband; Optical filters; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.809303
